Robert Shapcote, JP (born 1621, died 1689) was an English lawyer from Devon and four times Member of Parliament for Tiverton in 1646–1649, 1654, 1656 and 1660.
[1] In April 1660, he was elected MP for Tiverton again for the Convention Parliament in which he was very active, being particularly concerned with Irish matters, and with the religious settlement.
[5] He was highly regarded by the Cromwellians in Ireland, whereas Royalists denounced him as "a great fanatic" and the leader of "the seditious faction".
The Law Officers advised that it would be very difficult to secure a conviction, and it was decided to simply leave him in prison for the time being.
After a year's imprisonment, on the intercession of Sir Courtenay Pole, 2nd Baronet, who had married his cousin, he was pardoned and released,[6] but was expelled from the Irish parliament.
He had a son who apparently died young and a daughter Urith, who married her cousin Francis but had no children.